Meanings
plural roadworks
- countableuncountableThe construction or maintenance done to roads.
The traffic jam was caused by roadwork being done during rush hour.
- countableuncountableExercise such as running and jogging done on the roads.
The athlete needed to get home early to do his roadwork before it got too dark to be safe.
- countableuncountableThe taking of a band on the road to perform music in different locations.
[…] the Beatles had resigned from roadwork in the summer of '66 (much like Brian Wilson)—their tour ending, appropriately enough, in the hippie utopia of San Francisco—and turned Abbey Road Studios into their very own musical sandbox […]
2010, Will Romano, Mountains Come Out of the Sky
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 道路施工, 路跑
- 道路施工 (dàolù shīgōng)construction or maintenance done to roads
- 路跑exercise done on roads
- 巡迴演出 /巡回演出 (xúnhuí yǎnchū)taking of a band on the road
Czech práce na silnici
- práce na silniciconstruction or maintenance done to roads
Dutch wegwerkzaamheid
- wegwerkzaamheidconstruction or maintenance done to roads
Finnish tietyö, lenkkeily
- tietyöconstruction or maintenance done to roads
- lenkkeilyexercise done on roads
- hölkkä (jogging)exercise done on roads
- keikkailutaking of a band on the road
French travaux publics, travaux sur la route
- travaux publicsconstruction or maintenance done to roads
- travaux sur la routeconstruction or maintenance done to roads
- travauxconstruction or maintenance done to roads
German Arbeitsstelle
- Arbeitsstelleconstruction or maintenance done to roads
Irish deisiú bóthair
- deisiú bóthairconstruction or maintenance done to roads
Polish roboty drogowe, ćwiczenie na drodze
- roboty drogoweconstruction or maintenance done to roads
- ćwiczenie na drodzeexercise done on roads
- trasa koncertowataking of a band on the road
Swedish vägarbete
- vägarbeteconstruction or maintenance done to roads
Cite this entry
roadwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadwork
“roadwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadwork. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roadwork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadwork.
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